#egyptology
~ Snake ring.
Place of origin: Egypt
Culture: Hellenistic
Date: 200-1 B.C.
~ Head of Isis.
Period: Roman
Date: 30 B.C.-A.D. 395
Place of origin: Egypt
Medium: Glass
~ Amulet.
Date: 1075 B.C.-945 B.C.
Place of origin: Egypt
~ Face of Akhenaten.
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom; 18th dynasty, period of Akhenaten
Date: 1372-1355 B.C.
Place of origin: Amarna, Egypt
~ Rectangular plaque; side A: the name and titles of the “Sem” priest of Ptah, governor of the city, the vizier Nefer-renpet; side B: this official shown adoring the throne name of Ramesses II.
Place of origin: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom
Medium: Glazed steatite
~ Votive relief fragment depicting the cobra-goddess Wadjet, the creator god Khnum in the form of a ram, and the goddess of truth, Ma‘at.
Place of origin: Egypt
Period/Culture: Ptolemaic Period
Medium: Limestone
~ Ostrakon with the Greek alphabet.
Place of origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: 30 B.C.-A.D. 641
Period: Roman Imperial period
Medium: Earthenware vessel fragment with Greek script.
~ Mask.
Period: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Place of origin: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga (Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1906-11)
Medium: Pottery, gold leaf
Esna, Egipto
absolutely in love with this 18th dynasty terracotta figure of a mourning woman, currently in the Louvre (E.27247)